November 12, 2025 • 42 mins
Andy Muir talks to Joseph Mooney, Geordie Eade, Sarah Swinbourn, Julian Tohiariki, Nathan Burdon and David Morrison.
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
Again it say good afternoon, and welcome to the muster
on Hakanui. My name is Andy Muer here until too o'clock,
of course, thanks to the team Peter's genetics. Welcome along
on an overcast muggie afternoon here in Gore. Weather Wise,
we'll talk weather shortly. It's a bit of a picka
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This afternoon, we're looking at cloudy skies with light sow
westerlyes and fifteen Friday, shells of breezy nor westerlies five
and twenty Saturday, light morning rain with breezy westeries till
and twelve Sunday. The cloudy are like Nor easterlyes eight
and nineteen and Monday cloudy of reason or Easterly's fourteen
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and twenty four. No sword everages to speak of today,
so we'll rip straight into the Joseph Mooney, MP for
South Wind Jordy Eed Farms at Riverton, the River Era
of the South. We'll see how Jordie's getting on after
the last couple of weeks so of interesting weather. Sarah
Swinburne is in the beef and lamb slot based up
at Lawrence, talks about the situation up there by the
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sounds of it. Lawrence did not escape the winds lightly,
So Sarah's got some great tips today regarding looking at
the situation on hand and how to look at it
heading into the busy season on farm. Julian to Hiaiki
from Fens down here in the South now in an
association with the South and Noral Support Trust who have
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teamed out the Community Trust South for bringing interviews to
give you a little bit of understanding from across the
rural sectors around how to approach the situation in the
season after a difficult couple of weeks after a weather event.
So Julian speaking of that today regarding five Pyramids and
the likes and our residents sporting gury Nathan Bredan's on
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the program. Dave Morrison for PGG writes and give us
some comment around the Charlton sale that was held this morning.
Then we'll start the yur with Joseph Mooney. This is
the Muster until two o'clock thanks to Peter's genetics.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
The Musters on the Farm brought to you by Southland
District Council working together for a Better Southland.
Speaker 1 (02:45):
Joseph Mooney is MP for Southland and joins us this afternoon. Joseph,
good afternoon. How's everything up in Wellington today.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
In the Yeah, trucking along just well, same orders and
as much as you can say that for this place
which is constantly changing, you can never quite anticipate exactly
what's going to happen. But I got a few hours
ago and I'm jumping at a plane bag south which
I'm looking forward to.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
A Thursday's generally pretty hictic at the Beehive.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
They at very it really does. I mean, you know today,
like I've got a bit of time to talk to
you now, actually, which I actually wasn't originally going to
have because I had a whole of things, but I
was going to cover someone a sleet committee. But now
now that's been able to be sorted so they can
now do it, so I've got time to talk. It's
every day he did. To be honest, like, you know,
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you're often here after ten o'clock at night reading your
papers for the next day because you've just been back
to back meetings and sleet, committees and the House duties,
et cetera throughout the day. But it's always a moving
feast as well.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
So what time would you generally be up and about
in the mornings ready for parliament? Joseph? Would you are
you an early riser as such?
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Ah? Look this morning for examples, up at Sex thirty,
crack alongside, get along to a meeting at seven o'clock
and then yah, we'll carry on to the meetings and
different committee work and obviously the House itself before the
day finished.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
So we'll talk about this event that occurred in the
South three weeks ago today, this big wind of course, Joseph,
and the funding that's needed for the South. In more
ways than one, there hasn't been a heck of a
lot of it. Are we seeing any leeway there as
far as getting money or resources as such allocated to
the South?
Speaker 4 (04:34):
Yeah? Look, the obviously when Mark Mitchell came down, you know,
he put one hundred k in and then that was
topped up with a dollar fifty k from another branch
of the of the Department. So it's one hundred fifty
k for the mayoral funds just to help with the
initial response, and there's since been seventy thousand given to
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the Royal Support Trust by going. Quite frankly, I'd like
to more been lobbing away for it, you know, but
these these a process that goes through under cent three
mp I. They've got a funding allocation for the year
and then they make operational decisions about how that fund
is allocated. So yeah, look at it just it's a
it's a constant moving process. But you could just want
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to give a shout out to the real support trusts
who have been doing an absolute phenomenal job and everyone
actually who's been just helping each other out. I mean,
that's certainly one of the one of the keys is
that we do what we can, but you know, it's
it comes down to the community doing what it can
to help each other and that's been I think a
real key takeaway from this. Yeah, absolutely power need as well.
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I was stalking to Paul Blue last night actually yeah,
and you know, just just saying, you know, thanks and
world underhanving the same. I think done a phenomenal job.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
But yourself and Penny, have you been collaborating with SAS
to try and lobby for the lobby around this money.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
Yeah, no, of course we have YEP one hundred hundred
and be working with Mark Petterson on that as well.
So ye, in peace on the South, we're obviously very
keenly passionate about this.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
So no, we have been at half percent rural connectivity.
This was the other big issue one of them. Anyway,
how there was plenty of them to ponder, but not
having any rural connectivity proves an absolute faux pas, and
a massive one at that. Do you think we're going
to see in the not too distant future a reliable
cell phone service down here in the South and for
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that matter too, which sounds ridiculous for twenty twenty five,
were near the end of twenty twenty five a decent
internet service?
Speaker 4 (06:31):
Yeah, well, look there's yeah, I see this obviously basically
every day that I'm driving across the region. There's black
spots in various different places that I'm very familiar with
as well as we'll everyone else be. But look, the
I think where things are shifting too. Frankly, having talked
to some people at a very senior level and sort
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of the telecommunications sector is that well, probably this time
next year we'll see a lot more satellite based systems.
There's probably going to be more a more common option
that's views going forwards, and it's not the only one.
There's there's a variety of different options that are available.
But I think the storm definitely highlighted just how critical
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communications were and how vulnerable they were when the when
the power went out because the lines are down, they
only had a few the towers only had a few
hours of battery and as a result, you know, they
calmed out pretty quickly, and and that made it really
difficult for people who are trying to make decisions about
you know, what's needed to support you know, South and
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and Kluther and those people who were trying to know
who needed support and trying to get a message out
and we're able to So yeah, I think it's quite
a few things of takeaway from this that. I mean,
if a look, if you if you were to have
a Starling system. I actually got one myself at home
at out the country, but it's you need to also
think about having an independent energy source if your mains
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goes out for a period of time. So I think
that's something we probably need to think about, both at
an individual level, but also at a community level.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Josephant pole came out last night. These poles are flip
flopping around the place like jendles on a sticky road
in the middle of summer. They're all over the show.
But this latest one, it's intriguing. I remember Winston Peters
just coming out and saying the only poll that matters
is the polling booth. Yet last week I was only
I heard them quoting what the poles were doing. So
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what are we to believe?
Speaker 4 (08:32):
Isn't that politics?
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Isn't it, Winston?
Speaker 4 (08:37):
There's politics? So a te you right there. But like
the yeah, like I mean, fundamentally, it's true, the only
pole that matters is the poland polland gave. But obviously,
you know, people do take a bit of direction looking
at the poles and trying to make decisions that where
they should put their folks strategically or whatnot. We're a
long way away from that. It's going to be sometimes,
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you know, sometimes towards the end of next year. I
don't know when that will have a general election. But
I mean the polls, the polls do show that, you
know that there's a bit of buffing's going on. And
but I mean notwithstanding that it's a center right, I
mean there would be re elected on those current polls.
But again I mean you can't pay too much attention
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to it. What what what you need? Well what we
need to pay attention to it. Then we are as
doing everything we can to get this economy back on
a good fooding, make sure we've got a good education system,
a good future for kids, make sure we've got an
energy system that works. You make sure that we've got
to a people can feel safe in their communities, you know,
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So all of those you know, and good roading networks,
et ceterater. So so all those things that can actually
make for a good economy and a good community for
people to live in and cordinat on home.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
I'll say one thing Parliament this weekness to party Maori
and all their going ons would be quite amusing. From
the opposite.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
Side, I tried to sorry too much shade, but you
know I did have was listening to this speech from
one of the co d yesterday talking about units. I
did have to sort of, you know, just chepping a
little bit across the house and say, well, what about
Tucker to Muddy and men or your boot just booted
them out? What kind of unit you said? Every party
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goes through their challenges and they're certainly going through there
at the moment. Yeah, that's it's not looking like a
very cohesive, stable potential coalition partner and Franklin either are
the Greens. So it's a bit of a mess for
the left, notwithsanding the polling.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Joseph Mooney in Peter, Southland. Always appreciate your time on
the muster. I think we catch up with you again
next week. Always appreciate your time. You enjoy the rest
of the day.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Yeah, go in there and you appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Joseph Mooney, MP for Southland. You're listening to the muster
on Hawk and NOUI. Next we catch up with Jordie
Yet at the River of the South, which is Riveton.
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This is the master on Hakanui. Taylor Swift is the artist.
Don't mind that line. I don't know about I don't
know about you, but I feel like in twenty two
there was a hell of a long time ago. If
I'm perfectly honest, Jordi. Yed joins us next though he
is at the River Era of the South, which is
Riveton farming over that way and mixed operation. Good afternoon, Jordy, Yeah,
getting on any pretty good. Taylor Swift, are you a
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Taita fan?
Speaker 5 (11:41):
No, I've got two daughters that absolutely love her, and
neither my wife or I can actually stand her. Really. Yeah,
So I think you have to be born in that
generation to like that sort of stuff.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
I think you reckon. I minded, Actually therese were stuff
around could.
Speaker 5 (11:59):
Be a sickness. Hearing it from the kid probably more
than anything. But if you hear it in moderation is
probably not for that.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Everything in moderation and life, Jordi, Hey, I haven't spoken
to you for a little while now, we're just talking.
Just before though we had it came to hear about
the situation over your way with the weather. Sounds as
though it was a nightmare like everywhere else.
Speaker 5 (12:18):
Yeah, well we well, I counted it down to the airs.
We had the pair off one hundred and fifty one hours,
so we got a generator for the cow shed on
day two. Then that ran smoothly for about three milkings.
And then we had engine problems with it, and then
we run out of water. Then we got another generator,
and then that's the flight of the plug on the
wall because it's got a bit of moisture into it,
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so no, it didn't run smoothly. The last day of
the pair off, we were supplying milk again, so we
were on the road and then the pair come back on.
And pretty much when the pair come back on, the
sun's come out, and it's been the river area of
the south.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
As far as damage on the farm from the wind,
trees down in the lakes or trampolines flying five hundred meters,
did you have any of that?
Speaker 5 (12:58):
No, no, no, they have any building damage other and
a bobby calf pen that we load the calves out on,
so that was lucky. Our home farm had about a
dozen trees down, unfortunately half of them were over a
neighboring boundary fence. But the dairy farm's bit of a
mess because theyve got big heatrows. So yeah, it's but
daunting what to clean up that. I think it's going
to be a contract and material really together that up.
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But I have purchased a grab for the tractor and
realized that bid my neighbors and realized how good of
things they are, so yeah, ready to go. The generator
was to arrive this week for the dairy farm that
was actually purchased prior to the power going off. But
I'd say they're in demand.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
So pretty much a glamping experience for the family for
a while.
Speaker 5 (13:38):
Yeah, it was a glamping experience, but by about day
three we were over it. Really. Yeah, that was probably
the peak of getting the cut. That was getting really
cold too, Like we have a sexual eating house and
it got down to nine degrees and like third world
problems really, so how.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Are your fake hovers looking over there? So temperature wise,
Robson looks pretty buoyant at the moment.
Speaker 5 (13:59):
Yeah, all we do where the dairy farm was under
the pump all the way through. Really, to be fair,
that's downside of carving real early. I mean we were
finished carving by the end of September, so we had
all cows pretty much on the vat from all of
October and we're only really just starting to get a
weave ahead there. Now the cows are peaking pretty well
and now at the moment, funny enough as the season
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comes on. But yeah, I think there's a sheep farms
starting to be a bit of surface in front here.
And now you can tell that that past week ten days,
I would say it's probably been excess of sixty to
eighty a day. I would say.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Taylor would be in the rear view mirror. Now i'd
imagine number wise, how did that go?
Speaker 5 (14:35):
Yeah, Taylor went down pretty well for probably better than
I expected. We're going to end up somewhere arount in
the mid one fifty, so I'll be pretty happy with that.
Of the weather we had and the conditions and everything
else go along with it. And the cow that's coming
cycling really well. So we're nearly about halfway through. The
cows have come up the first ten days of cycling,
so that's done really well, you know everything. Maybe on
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the upside is we might have a good drop for
everything else and the cows wise, you know, as cows
have come early, and there might be some positive upsides.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
It's ironic, though, wasn't it. I Mean, we think about
the timing and weaning, isn't that far away? And tailing
still on the table for a lot of people, never
mind pre ween drenching that Yeah.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
Well, we just tailed about a week ago. We leave
it pretty late so we can drench them. And the
tailing contractors said they're not too bad behind that they
weren't just didn't reckon that they were as bad as
the year before. But you know, they still had another
week ten days in front of them of going around
doing everybody's late stock. But I said, so, what was
the lambing percentages because they go all over south and
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they said, oh, anybody at lamb around there. Later August
thirty September, it was hemming pretty hard and then the
ones either side weren't too bad.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
So on the dairy farm, production has been pretty good.
Speaker 5 (15:47):
Yeah, production has been pretty good. Where the cows are
peeking right now, which is probably about two to three
weeks later than normal. Whether that's because the relative to
the feed supply down there because we were Philly well
under the pump. We're still got feeding daily up about
a week ago so and then she'd feeding. You know,
we're still doing a favorite of that through there. But yeah,
I'm just optimistic to hope that we're going to get
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nearer that ten dollar payout every sort of two weeks.
It's just a bit more gloom that's not going to happen.
But yeah, Fonterra's mix fixed milk price this month was
nine to sixty five, So you know, is that near
enough what it's going to be. I suppose we'll see
what the uptake was of that.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Were you attempted to take some of that.
Speaker 5 (16:25):
Oh, I'd only had about ten thousand left to take,
so I took that, and so I'm fully kissed out.
Now it's just under ten dollars, So I'm pretty happy
with that.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
That's pretty darn good money, though we think about even
just a couple of seasons ago. Yes, that seems a
long time ago now twenty four months, but price wise,
it's pretty done good.
Speaker 5 (16:42):
Oh yeah, if we were getting off of that in
the sheep industry, would if we get near it, you know,
he get ten dollars for a lot, we would sign
it up. We'll run out of ink and the pen.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
But it sounds as a lamb's going to stay reasonably
buoyant for the season too, Jordi, Yeah, no, it does.
Speaker 5 (16:56):
No, that sounds real positive. The only negative person I've
heard is Keith Woodford say that it's not sustainable what
it is. But I mean, at the end of the day,
we've needed these prices. And I mean I just saw
a bit of an article I never really read it
saying that that months is the new butter. All my
heart bleeds for all the stuff we've had to you know,
we need to be earning that to be making a bible.
And the sheken beef now.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
And months has always looked at. When you get the
kettle bee's back from the butcher, you've got about a
zillion months is but I know it's almost like a
trading commodity in its own right now.
Speaker 5 (17:26):
Right, yeah, it is. It is a family of three kids.
That months is always a good stable menu, really that
whether you have an archos or something else or that
certainly one would probably have once a week so we
get through this year a month.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
No, it's so versatile. Hey, we'll let you carry on.
Always appreciate your time. And here's a bit of Taylor
Swift to see out for the afternoon.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
Oh good.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Jordy E that the river of the South which is Riverton.
This is the master on Hakanui out next from Beef
and Air, New Zealand there are Swimborne.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
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Speaker 1 (18:18):
Sarah Swinborne is part of the Beef and Lamb's Southern
Farmer Council. She is based near Lawrence and joins us
this afternoon. Sarah, good afternoon, how have you been.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
I have been well.
Speaker 6 (18:34):
Thank you, Andy.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
It's lovely to join you on the show today.
Speaker 6 (18:37):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
Yeah, we always appreciate catching up because the words of
wisdom you've got regarding the workshops and the likes are
very relevant. But look, we're talking about the messaging today
based on the events over the last three weeks, and
we make no apology here on the muster. It's all
about looking ahead to what's what the future holds for
you in a work frame, right, because what's happened three
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weeks ago has happened, but life style still has to
continue on the farm.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Absolutely, Andy, I mean once belittle what's happened. It's been
very significant damage and across wide areas of the district.
I know we've got lots of trees and lots of
fences down, some senses up where the root.
Speaker 6 (19:24):
Balls have come over. We've got sensors six feet in the.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
Air and the other side lie flat and she has
to go under one fence and over the other, and
you go, well, we'll.
Speaker 6 (19:31):
Fix that later, and it is fixable.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Our family is okay, our buildings are okay, our.
Speaker 6 (19:39):
Machinery is okay. We are lucky.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
For those who have damaged buildings and damaged machinery, are
really really feel for them. But the trees and sensors.
Speaker 6 (19:50):
And why there's no rush, they.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
Will they will get there. I know for us at home,
we probably initially had a bit of a splurge clearing
some easy trees, and it became very apparent that we
weren't going to get through all the trees. We didn't
have the skills, we didn't have the capacity, we didn't
have the machinery. And so after four or five days,
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our focus very quickly turned back to actually what is
our priority? And first who was drenching lands and finishing sailing,
And after that it then becomes well, where are our
paddocks we need to get sewn and younger, let's clear
those and get those stockproofs. Where are our cropping paddocks? Wet,
clear those and get those stock proofs so that we
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can get crops established. We've made some decisions about what
paddocks are going to go into winter crop this year.
Some of our are going to take probably close to
a year to get back to being clear and stockproof
and getting permanent electricity running back out there.
Speaker 6 (20:51):
So the easy choices don't.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Crop those and we've gone back to strawing boardom and
it's some different attacks. Taken the easy option and changed
our cropping rotation to the paddocks that we can cultivate
at the right time of year.
Speaker 6 (21:06):
And actually get stock.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
Out of staying calm and remembering to prioritize what's brutal
right now has been tea for us.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Well, it seems to be the key message today. Sarah,
yourself and your husband. You've taken a step back. You
looked at the situation, situation that you've got, and you're
realizing it's a marathon, not a sprint.
Speaker 6 (21:27):
Yep. Absolutely, we've done the easy bits.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
We've got lots of big blocks and they're going to
take time, and there's any further and there's no rush.
We don't have the machinery, we don't have the skills
yet to do it, will need help. We haven't decided
what our approach is going to be, whether we harvest
them or where we just push them into a pile
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and get rid of it. And we're working through gathering
information to be able to make the best informed decision
on that. But indications will have heard are that it's
going to take a year to clean up all the plantation.
Speaker 6 (22:08):
Blocks that are down, so there is no rush.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
It's it's mesty and it's not nice to look at,
but it's not causing us significant.
Speaker 6 (22:17):
Disruption to our business. So we're just parking that well.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
We collect our thoughts and get information to make the
best long term decision for us around those damed blocks
of trees.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
The analogy is used on the show over the last
couple of days that it's almost like eating an elephant
and not in one big spurge, but actually just taking
little bites at a time, because there's no way on
how you'll get it all done in one hit.
Speaker 3 (22:46):
No, and you'll fry yourself, as it could mentally if
you try to have it all done by next week
or whatever your time frame might be in your head.
It's unfortunately, it's going to be a long sme recovery
and I think I think the challenging part as time
wears on is going to be still looking at that
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damage on your property, and it is going to be
a mental battle that you can't fix it straight away,
and that it is going to sit there for a
while for some people until contractors and machinery can round
to it. And that's that's going to be the hart,
that is the reminder that keeps looking at you.
Speaker 6 (23:26):
But I think we.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
Need to accept that rather than panicking, and we need
to keep ourselves safe and just take it one step
at a time.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Sarah. Over at Lawrence or in South Otaga in particular,
it sounds as though there are areas that took on
a lot of severe damage. So the other thing is
talking to neighbors and everybody just from around the district
and realizing that you're not in this by yourself.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
One and I love this Lawrence wad a herd community
that we that we live in. Yeah, I feel really fortunate.
You know, you've seen it time and time again here
that communities pulled together and our Lines club went door
to door knock on people. People from the fire brigade
came around.
Speaker 6 (24:13):
Checking on real families. People checked from their neighbors.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
You you know, if someone had damage or was struggling
without hour, they came and stayed at someone else's place.
It's just and that still goes on.
Speaker 7 (24:25):
It.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
I mean, we've got our power back and we're functioning
more more like normal, but you will still have neighbors
that have bad days and rough days and it's being
there an't no. The day afterwards, we went tailing because
we went, oh, can't do much about it. The lands
are going to get bigger, the trees won't fall any further.
Let's go have a social day and discuss at all.
And I think that was great for everyone's mindset to
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go tailing the next day, because well, we didn't think
there was much else we could do that was more
productive on that day. So it's really important to stay
together as communities and as neighbors and free and checking
in as the weeks in the months passed.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
So how long were you without power for?
Speaker 3 (25:06):
There we were thirteen days without power.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
Andy, that's a long time.
Speaker 6 (25:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
It kind of felt pretty minor though, like there was
so much to do every day when you got up
that there wasn't really time to dwell on not having power.
Speaker 6 (25:23):
You just had to change your routine.
Speaker 3 (25:26):
You had to make sure there was always a pot
of water on the fire for doing dishes and having
a cup of tea and making sure you had lots
of pops on for bath water in the evening, and
you just cooked on the barbecue and cooked on the
fire and harried on with life. It was I don't know,
you didn't you didn't get a choice. You just had
to go with it, and it was quite an adventure.
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You changed what you cooked and thankfully we actually enjoyed
cooking on our fire and have lots of cast iron
camp ovens, so I didn't find that too challenging not
having electricity.
Speaker 6 (25:58):
It just was what it was, and you carried on.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
As far as workshops of beef and lamb, these are
coming up surely. Now we're hearing of chainsaw workshops like
Stago Rural Support Trusts they're involved with these. I believe
there are some on the pipeline for Southland as well.
But workshops of beef and lamb, I dare say it's
a given there'll be things coming up, right.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
Yeah, Typically this is a very busy time of year
for farmers, but we have got some workshops.
Speaker 6 (26:25):
Popping up that are really topical at the moment.
Speaker 3 (26:29):
If you're wanting to upskill, So jump on the events
page and have a lot because across the region there's
feeds Smart and body condition scoring workshops coming up, there's
growing great Lambs and there is also worm wise wise
events coming up, so there's some really good opportunities to upskill,
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broad in your knowledge, get out and do that socializing
or if you want something that's not as hard on,
you know, testing the old brain out. There's also real
writers and Surfing for farmers, so they're more around getting out,
being actives, being involved in sports. For real Writers is
mountain biking and obviously surfing for farmers has been around
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for a while, and surfing so they are kicking off
again starting in November around the region. So have a
look at those because they're great opportunities to get out
a network and catch up with farmers and sure we are.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
Sarah Swinborne, thanks for your time on the Muster of
US afternoon, a great chat.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
Thanks Andy.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
There Sonny tour with welcome back to the Muster. Thanks
for the South and Rural Support Trust and association with
Community Trusts South. Once again we're catching up with somebody
involved in the rural sector in wake of the winds
that occurred three weeks ago, just talking about different ways
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of looking at situations through different eyes in the Southern
Farming fraternity and with all things that associate themselves of farming.
And today we're catching up with Jillian to Hierariki. Of
course he is a district manager for Fire and Emergency
New Zealand down here in the South, just to talk
about a few reminders. Of course, there'll be a lot
of trees to be burnt shortly, fire pyramids and the likes.
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What you need to know. Julian's going to tell us, Jillian,
welcome to the muster once again.
Speaker 7 (28:29):
Hey, great to be back any thanks for the invitation.
Always am I pleasure to jump on for a little
bit and pass on from hopefully some wisdom.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
It's always wisdom, mate, I assure you of that, especially
around the situation from a fence perspective. I suppose it's
been a pretty hectic three weeks we've seen.
Speaker 7 (28:45):
Yeah, hey, look obviously at the time of the winds
and that there was a very cruiser were busy all
over South and did an amazing job and luckily no
injuries to the public and to our people. But they
listen out of that though, what we're finding at the moment.
Obviously there's a lot of break down and there's a
lot of clean up going on and fencing and poles
of burning and at the moment, as you as you know,
where you don't know, we're's still an open fire season,
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but where it starts changing over the next wee while
we will most likely go to restrict them. But there's
some really key things around burning those piles. And I
think one of the key things you've got to remember
is where the poles situated on your property close to hedges, trees,
you know, is it up wind of some key infrastructure.
The size of the poles is really really important to Andy.
I think you know, when they get big, they're very
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very hard to put out. So we're really encouraging our
farmers to make sure those poles in the middle of
the paddocks they've got some means of putting them out,
or a digger that might be able to attract that
it can push them way, shall we put them out?
The key thing at the moment, Andy, I think it
also is that for our people out there checking the
weather conditions, like one day it's come beautiful day for burning,
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and then we've got some goal force winds predicted that
next day, which stirs the fire up, starts seeing that
into other places, and then we get those escape birds,
really really important.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
As far as burning piles away from fence lines or
power lines of as such. Is there anything that needs
to be taken into account there regarding the law.
Speaker 7 (30:09):
Well, hey, listen here there is. I mean for the
burns out there. You get onto our site, our tickets
all right to light will give some of our people
out there some really good care ways of burning and
distances from hedges, power lines, all that sort of stuff.
What we don't tend to recognize too, is you've got
state highways all down through Southland and roads that often
if the wind's blown, then one way goes across, another
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goes across the road, which is not a good signs,
particularly on State one or any of those roads. So
we got to think about those things. What is the
weather doing and where is it pushing? And have I
got a couple of days of free of winds that
I can actually safely burn without annoying everybody and worst
case scenario escape.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Now, as far as the changes when a restricted fire
season does become into fruition.
Speaker 7 (30:52):
What happens hey look well and looks really important to
know that those decisions aren't made likely. We have even
weather stations around Southam and when the certain trigger points
get to those, we change into seasons. So it's not
something that I make Willie Milli you thinking all she's dry.
It's based on science. And of course I get in
contact with a lot of our farmers out there just
to see how things are on the ground. And what
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we'll do then is I will end up we put
as much media for us, all different platforms that will
trust the Federated Farmers and all our locals. We try
and get that as quickly as we can to them
to say it's get into restricted or prohibited five season
and really important. We do that because we have to
and it's time to be doing that.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
So you say we're getting close to a restricted season,
We're ready, Jillian, or is it too early to tell
We've already at the moment.
Speaker 7 (31:36):
The obviously just depending on part of south and you're
in obviously put different parts are a lot drier than others.
So when we get to that sort of tipping point
where we're starting to look at those season changes and
that you know, last year, for example, we didn't go
into restrict it till after Christmas. This year, they're protecting
another hot, dry summer, so it could be in it
could be in December that we go to that, just
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depending on what those triggers tell us in the condition.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Sorry, now, regarding power lines, just to reiterate to farmers
or people or whoever regarding them, what's some key reminders
that they need to remember just in general, I suppose
given the situation that's unfolded.
Speaker 7 (32:11):
Hey, look, power lines, any fires around power lines are
not good any any way too. And it's about where
that the smoke in those the travel and those power lines.
We all know that they can they can be very
dangerous in the one condition. So it's about the safety
of all our people out there with their brain and
making sure they're just there. They're they're away from those
power lines and you know, there's not going to be
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too much of the smoke going on because remember green smoke,
which is a lot of the stuff that's come out
of the wind events all very very green and creates
a lot of smoke in a lot of issues, you know,
for people around the place. So we prefer it you're
burning the right stuff, but the breins very quickly and cleanly,
and the win green stuff that's ver very smoky.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
So you recommend people go to the Chickens all Right
website just to get a few of the finer points
they need to know.
Speaker 7 (33:00):
Absolutely, and you really encourage all our burners out there
to be a bit more vigilant on what they're doing.
I don't know how many fires we go to every
year where I didn't realize that. I didn't know that.
And some of the stuff you know, is quite basic
and we miss it because they want to get the
burns out of the way and get it done. So yeah,
and nevily it can go wrong.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
So the basic message around fire is simply prevention overcure.
Speaker 7 (33:24):
Yeah, well, yes, I mean, I'm using fire to clear
properties and things is a good thing. But we must
follow the conditions of when the permits come in of
those permits, and that's around distances and wind and all.
Speaker 5 (33:36):
That sort of side of it.
Speaker 7 (33:37):
And if we do that mostly right and we and
remember our fires can go stay on the ground for
quite some time endy. So you know, all it takes
is a pile that was two weeks ago that the
farms buried and some big high winds come up loft
the top soil of it and the she's away again.
So it's just keeping a really good vigilant eye on
your fire when you line it and potentially later on
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in extinguishing it. Probably.
Speaker 1 (34:00):
Julian to Hierarchi, District manager for fans down here in
the South, thank you very much for your time on
the Muster, and you guys have been you guys and
gals have been pretty busy lately as we our Congratulations
on all the work you've been doing and hopefully everybody
stays safe out there.
Speaker 7 (34:14):
Thanks Eddie, my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
Julian to Hiaiki out of Fens. Of course, thanks to
South and Ural Support Trust and association with Community Trusts South,
we're bringing you these interviews over the next couple of
weeks here on the Muster. Our residence Sporting Gury Nathan
Burden is up next. Before we wrap up, time to
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catch up with our residents Sporting Gury Nathan burdon here
on the Muster. Good afternoon. Nathan Taylor Swift Shake it
Off from the album nineteen eighty nine, which was it
came out in twenty fourteen.
Speaker 8 (35:00):
It's almost a bit of a fitting thing song. I
guess as we probably we're going to have a bit
of a chat about the Scott Robertson's all Blacks because E. T. T.
Seems to have a few haters at the moment, doesn't.
Speaker 1 (35:11):
He hater's going to hate, but they just need to
shake off The Blues are playing at Twick and them
although they haven't gone too badly there over the last
couple of occasions, but this England side, we can't underestimate it.
They're always pretty handy, especially at Twickers.
Speaker 8 (35:25):
It just seems to be we're at at the moment
every game sort of feels like a banana skin game,
doesn't it. I'm still not entirely sure how we got
past Ireland, even though in the end it was reasonably
comfortable and then and then Scotland was you know, certainly
not one of it. It wasn't a dominant win. We
certainly wouldn't call it that. They got the dob done
in the end with a bit of dmac magic at
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the death there. And then England, as you say, will
present a challenge of their own at Twickers. So I
guess we're anticipating a bit of an aerial assault from
George four and the rest of the English players to
try and see if we're good enough in the air.
Speaker 1 (36:06):
Damian McKenzie being a specialist twenty two or twenty three
coming on and just dominating the game whe he did
last week. This seems to be his niche and it's interesting.
I read an article yesterday talking about Raby's not so
much about the first forty minutes dominating, but the bench
is just as important as who's starting, which is intriguing.
Speaker 8 (36:25):
Yeah, it is intriguing. I don't know if i'd entirely agree.
I mean, I don't think you can You can't win
a game in the first twenty minutes, but I think
you can potentially lose one. I guess it is true
that the bench has, over the last X number of
years has started to play probably an almost outsized part
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in the game, and probably the spring Box have led
the way there. You know that they've somehow been able
to develop a squad of close to fifty international standard
sort of players, and then they know they've won games
off the back of the bomb squad. And now that
I think the term gets overused now, but but it's
definitely the case in terms of the spring Box in
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New Zealand, who were probably lamenting earlier in the year
in an ability to score points in the last twenty minutes,
you know, that's how they've got the minute to get
the job done in the last couple of teests. So
if there has been one positive from this sort of
Grand Slam tour, I put that in an inverted commerce.
I'm not sure if it is a true Grand Slam tour,
but in this Grand Slam tour then and that's that's
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been a that's been a positive for Scott Robinson.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
It's a Grand Slam in name only because let's be honest,
playing Island in Chicago isn't effectively a neutral venue.
Speaker 8 (37:40):
Yeah, I think it's got a weesterisk over it, just
a wee one. Because of that. They they you know,
if they get the job done, they will walk away
with winds over all the all the home unions on
a Northern tour. But as you say, one of them,
one of them wasn't in Dublin, So yeah, not a
true Grand Slam for the Purists.
Speaker 4 (37:59):
Now.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
Scharlank the SriLankan cricket team, they're playing in Pakistan at
the moment, they're wanting to leave the country in fair
enough the bomb's gone off, but they're being told, hang on,
you've got to stay.
Speaker 8 (38:10):
Yeah, it seems that it's a pretty ruthless call, isn't
it by their cricket association, the Sri Lankan team, who
I think back in two thousand and nine, we're very
close to an incident like this with a with a
gunman sort of shooting up the team bus. So there's
some institutional memory, I guess, in terms of being pretty
close to this and then this horrific bombing incident that's
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that's just happened in Pakistan. You know, at the end
of the day, there's a lot of stuff that's bigger
than cricket, and and this is a This is pretty harsh,
I guess if you put yourself in the player in
the in the shoes of a of a player that
doesn't want any part of this and just wants to
come home, and then the association is saying there will
be repercussions if you if you choose to do this.
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So yeah, it's it's a pretty tough call.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
I think Trelacan Cricket has instructed all players, support staff
and team management to continue the tour as scheduled, saying
any player who returns to spokee the directive will be
replaced immediately to avoid disrupting the tour. If anyone does that, however,
a formal review will be conducted to assess their actions
and an appropriate decision will be made upon the conclusion
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of the review. This is disgusting.
Speaker 8 (39:25):
Yeah, it's a bit of a bit of a warning
wrapped up in a threat to order or vice versa,
isn't it. And you know obviously that you know the show,
the show needs to go on in terms of in
terms of cricket. But year, as I say, and we
put yourself in the in the shoes of the of
the players, and you'd you'd be pretty keen to be
on the bus and on the plane home when.
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Speaker 1 (40:32):
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Speaker 8 (40:36):
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That's ask for the afternoon. My name is Andy Muller.
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Speaker 9 (41:31):
Morning, Andy, good childhood. Since you've getting strong and stronger,
really just start the trime plans. We're getting you well
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the light of the news. The light of news doesn't
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Again it say good afternoon, and welcome to the muster
on Hakanui. My name is Andy Muer here until too o'clock,
of course, thanks to the team Peter's genetics. Welcome along
on an overcast muggie afternoon here in Gore. Weather Wise,
we'll talk weather shortly. It's a bit of a picka
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and twenty four. No sword everages to speak of today,
so we'll rip straight into the Joseph Mooney, MP for
South Wind Jordy Eed Farms at Riverton, the River Era
of the South. We'll see how Jordie's getting on after
the last couple of weeks so of interesting weather. Sarah
Swinburne is in the beef and lamb slot based up
at Lawrence, talks about the situation up there by the
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sounds of it. Lawrence did not escape the winds lightly,
So Sarah's got some great tips today regarding looking at
the situation on hand and how to look at it
heading into the busy season on farm. Julian to Hiaiki
from Fens down here in the South now in an
association with the South and Noral Support Trust who have
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teamed out the Community Trust South for bringing interviews to
give you a little bit of understanding from across the
rural sectors around how to approach the situation in the
season after a difficult couple of weeks after a weather event.
So Julian speaking of that today regarding five Pyramids and
the likes and our residents sporting gury Nathan Bredan's on
(02:09):
the program. Dave Morrison for PGG writes and give us
some comment around the Charlton sale that was held this morning.
Then we'll start the yur with Joseph Mooney. This is
the Muster until two o'clock thanks to Peter's genetics.
Speaker 3 (02:32):
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Speaker 1 (02:45):
Joseph Mooney is MP for Southland and joins us this afternoon. Joseph,
good afternoon. How's everything up in Wellington today.
Speaker 4 (02:54):
In the Yeah, trucking along just well, same orders and
as much as you can say that for this place
which is constantly changing, you can never quite anticipate exactly
what's going to happen. But I got a few hours
ago and I'm jumping at a plane bag south which
I'm looking forward to.
Speaker 1 (03:09):
A Thursday's generally pretty hictic at the Beehive.
Speaker 4 (03:14):
They at very it really does. I mean, you know today,
like I've got a bit of time to talk to
you now, actually, which I actually wasn't originally going to
have because I had a whole of things, but I
was going to cover someone a sleet committee. But now
now that's been able to be sorted so they can
now do it, so I've got time to talk. It's
every day he did. To be honest, like, you know,
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you're often here after ten o'clock at night reading your
papers for the next day because you've just been back
to back meetings and sleet, committees and the House duties,
et cetera throughout the day. But it's always a moving
feast as well.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
So what time would you generally be up and about
in the mornings ready for parliament? Joseph? Would you are
you an early riser as such?
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Ah? Look this morning for examples, up at Sex thirty,
crack alongside, get along to a meeting at seven o'clock
and then yah, we'll carry on to the meetings and
different committee work and obviously the House itself before the
day finished.
Speaker 1 (04:14):
So we'll talk about this event that occurred in the
South three weeks ago today, this big wind of course, Joseph,
and the funding that's needed for the South. In more
ways than one, there hasn't been a heck of a
lot of it. Are we seeing any leeway there as
far as getting money or resources as such allocated to
the South?
Speaker 4 (04:34):
Yeah? Look, the obviously when Mark Mitchell came down, you know,
he put one hundred k in and then that was
topped up with a dollar fifty k from another branch
of the of the Department. So it's one hundred fifty
k for the mayoral funds just to help with the
initial response, and there's since been seventy thousand given to
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the Royal Support Trust by going. Quite frankly, I'd like
to more been lobbing away for it, you know, but
these these a process that goes through under cent three
mp I. They've got a funding allocation for the year
and then they make operational decisions about how that fund
is allocated. So yeah, look at it just it's a
it's a constant moving process. But you could just want
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to give a shout out to the real support trusts
who have been doing an absolute phenomenal job and everyone
actually who's been just helping each other out. I mean,
that's certainly one of the one of the keys is
that we do what we can, but you know, it's
it comes down to the community doing what it can
to help each other and that's been I think a
real key takeaway from this. Yeah, absolutely power need as well.
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I was stalking to Paul Blue last night actually yeah,
and you know, just just saying, you know, thanks and
world underhanving the same. I think done a phenomenal job.
Speaker 1 (05:47):
But yourself and Penny, have you been collaborating with SAS
to try and lobby for the lobby around this money.
Speaker 4 (05:53):
Yeah, no, of course we have YEP one hundred hundred
and be working with Mark Petterson on that as well.
So ye, in peace on the South, we're obviously very
keenly passionate about this.
Speaker 1 (06:03):
So no, we have been at half percent rural connectivity.
This was the other big issue one of them. Anyway,
how there was plenty of them to ponder, but not
having any rural connectivity proves an absolute faux pas, and
a massive one at that. Do you think we're going
to see in the not too distant future a reliable
cell phone service down here in the South and for
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that matter too, which sounds ridiculous for twenty twenty five,
were near the end of twenty twenty five a decent
internet service?
Speaker 4 (06:31):
Yeah, well, look there's yeah, I see this obviously basically
every day that I'm driving across the region. There's black
spots in various different places that I'm very familiar with
as well as we'll everyone else be. But look, the
I think where things are shifting too. Frankly, having talked
to some people at a very senior level and sort
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of the telecommunications sector is that well, probably this time
next year we'll see a lot more satellite based systems.
There's probably going to be more a more common option
that's views going forwards, and it's not the only one.
There's there's a variety of different options that are available.
But I think the storm definitely highlighted just how critical
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communications were and how vulnerable they were when the when
the power went out because the lines are down, they
only had a few the towers only had a few
hours of battery and as a result, you know, they
calmed out pretty quickly, and and that made it really
difficult for people who are trying to make decisions about
you know, what's needed to support you know, South and
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and Kluther and those people who were trying to know
who needed support and trying to get a message out
and we're able to So yeah, I think it's quite
a few things of takeaway from this that. I mean,
if a look, if you if you were to have
a Starling system. I actually got one myself at home
at out the country, but it's you need to also
think about having an independent energy source if your mains
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goes out for a period of time. So I think
that's something we probably need to think about, both at
an individual level, but also at a community level.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Josephant pole came out last night. These poles are flip
flopping around the place like jendles on a sticky road
in the middle of summer. They're all over the show.
But this latest one, it's intriguing. I remember Winston Peters
just coming out and saying the only poll that matters
is the polling booth. Yet last week I was only
I heard them quoting what the poles were doing. So
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what are we to believe?
Speaker 4 (08:32):
Isn't that politics?
Speaker 1 (08:33):
Isn't it, Winston?
Speaker 4 (08:37):
There's politics? So a te you right there. But like
the yeah, like I mean, fundamentally, it's true, the only
pole that matters is the poland polland gave. But obviously,
you know, people do take a bit of direction looking
at the poles and trying to make decisions that where
they should put their folks strategically or whatnot. We're a
long way away from that. It's going to be sometimes,
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you know, sometimes towards the end of next year. I
don't know when that will have a general election. But
I mean the polls, the polls do show that, you
know that there's a bit of buffing's going on. And
but I mean notwithstanding that it's a center right, I
mean there would be re elected on those current polls.
But again I mean you can't pay too much attention
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to it. What what what you need? Well what we
need to pay attention to it. Then we are as
doing everything we can to get this economy back on
a good fooding, make sure we've got a good education system,
a good future for kids, make sure we've got an
energy system that works. You make sure that we've got
to a people can feel safe in their communities, you know,
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So all of those you know, and good roading networks,
et ceterater. So so all those things that can actually
make for a good economy and a good community for
people to live in and cordinat on home.
Speaker 1 (09:51):
I'll say one thing Parliament this weekness to party Maori
and all their going ons would be quite amusing. From
the opposite.
Speaker 4 (09:58):
Side, I tried to sorry too much shade, but you
know I did have was listening to this speech from
one of the co d yesterday talking about units. I
did have to sort of, you know, just chepping a
little bit across the house and say, well, what about
Tucker to Muddy and men or your boot just booted
them out? What kind of unit you said? Every party
(10:22):
goes through their challenges and they're certainly going through there
at the moment. Yeah, that's it's not looking like a
very cohesive, stable potential coalition partner and Franklin either are
the Greens. So it's a bit of a mess for
the left, notwithsanding the polling.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Joseph Mooney in Peter, Southland. Always appreciate your time on
the muster. I think we catch up with you again
next week. Always appreciate your time. You enjoy the rest
of the day.
Speaker 4 (10:50):
Yeah, go in there and you appreciate it.
Speaker 1 (10:54):
Joseph Mooney, MP for Southland. You're listening to the muster
on Hawk and NOUI. Next we catch up with Jordie
Yet at the River of the South, which is Riveton.
(11:17):
This is the master on Hakanui. Taylor Swift is the artist.
Don't mind that line. I don't know about I don't
know about you, but I feel like in twenty two
there was a hell of a long time ago. If
I'm perfectly honest, Jordi. Yed joins us next though he
is at the River Era of the South, which is
Riveton farming over that way and mixed operation. Good afternoon, Jordy, Yeah,
getting on any pretty good. Taylor Swift, are you a
(11:39):
Taita fan?
Speaker 5 (11:41):
No, I've got two daughters that absolutely love her, and
neither my wife or I can actually stand her. Really. Yeah,
So I think you have to be born in that
generation to like that sort of stuff.
Speaker 1 (11:52):
I think you reckon. I minded, Actually therese were stuff
around could.
Speaker 5 (11:59):
Be a sickness. Hearing it from the kid probably more
than anything. But if you hear it in moderation is
probably not for that.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Everything in moderation and life, Jordi, Hey, I haven't spoken
to you for a little while now, we're just talking.
Just before though we had it came to hear about
the situation over your way with the weather. Sounds as
though it was a nightmare like everywhere else.
Speaker 5 (12:18):
Yeah, well we well, I counted it down to the airs.
We had the pair off one hundred and fifty one hours,
so we got a generator for the cow shed on
day two. Then that ran smoothly for about three milkings.
And then we had engine problems with it, and then
we run out of water. Then we got another generator,
and then that's the flight of the plug on the
wall because it's got a bit of moisture into it,
(12:39):
so no, it didn't run smoothly. The last day of
the pair off, we were supplying milk again, so we
were on the road and then the pair come back on.
And pretty much when the pair come back on, the
sun's come out, and it's been the river area of
the south.
Speaker 1 (12:51):
As far as damage on the farm from the wind,
trees down in the lakes or trampolines flying five hundred meters,
did you have any of that?
Speaker 5 (12:58):
No, no, no, they have any building damage other and
a bobby calf pen that we load the calves out on,
so that was lucky. Our home farm had about a
dozen trees down, unfortunately half of them were over a
neighboring boundary fence. But the dairy farm's bit of a
mess because theyve got big heatrows. So yeah, it's but
daunting what to clean up that. I think it's going
to be a contract and material really together that up.
(13:18):
But I have purchased a grab for the tractor and
realized that bid my neighbors and realized how good of
things they are, so yeah, ready to go. The generator
was to arrive this week for the dairy farm that
was actually purchased prior to the power going off. But
I'd say they're in demand.
Speaker 1 (13:34):
So pretty much a glamping experience for the family for
a while.
Speaker 5 (13:38):
Yeah, it was a glamping experience, but by about day
three we were over it. Really. Yeah, that was probably
the peak of getting the cut. That was getting really
cold too, Like we have a sexual eating house and
it got down to nine degrees and like third world
problems really, so how.
Speaker 1 (13:54):
Are your fake hovers looking over there? So temperature wise,
Robson looks pretty buoyant at the moment.
Speaker 5 (13:59):
Yeah, all we do where the dairy farm was under
the pump all the way through. Really, to be fair,
that's downside of carving real early. I mean we were
finished carving by the end of September, so we had
all cows pretty much on the vat from all of
October and we're only really just starting to get a
weave ahead there. Now the cows are peaking pretty well
and now at the moment, funny enough as the season
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comes on. But yeah, I think there's a sheep farms
starting to be a bit of surface in front here.
And now you can tell that that past week ten days,
I would say it's probably been excess of sixty to
eighty a day. I would say.
Speaker 1 (14:31):
Taylor would be in the rear view mirror. Now i'd
imagine number wise, how did that go?
Speaker 5 (14:35):
Yeah, Taylor went down pretty well for probably better than
I expected. We're going to end up somewhere arount in
the mid one fifty, so I'll be pretty happy with that.
Of the weather we had and the conditions and everything
else go along with it. And the cow that's coming
cycling really well. So we're nearly about halfway through. The
cows have come up the first ten days of cycling,
so that's done really well, you know everything. Maybe on
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the upside is we might have a good drop for
everything else and the cows wise, you know, as cows
have come early, and there might be some positive upsides.
Speaker 1 (15:05):
It's ironic, though, wasn't it. I Mean, we think about
the timing and weaning, isn't that far away? And tailing
still on the table for a lot of people, never
mind pre ween drenching that Yeah.
Speaker 5 (15:16):
Well, we just tailed about a week ago. We leave
it pretty late so we can drench them. And the
tailing contractors said they're not too bad behind that they
weren't just didn't reckon that they were as bad as
the year before. But you know, they still had another
week ten days in front of them of going around
doing everybody's late stock. But I said, so, what was
the lambing percentages because they go all over south and
(15:36):
they said, oh, anybody at lamb around there. Later August
thirty September, it was hemming pretty hard and then the
ones either side weren't too bad.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
So on the dairy farm, production has been pretty good.
Speaker 5 (15:47):
Yeah, production has been pretty good. Where the cows are
peeking right now, which is probably about two to three
weeks later than normal. Whether that's because the relative to
the feed supply down there because we were Philly well
under the pump. We're still got feeding daily up about
a week ago so and then she'd feeding. You know,
we're still doing a favorite of that through there. But yeah,
I'm just optimistic to hope that we're going to get
(16:08):
nearer that ten dollar payout every sort of two weeks.
It's just a bit more gloom that's not going to happen.
But yeah, Fonterra's mix fixed milk price this month was
nine to sixty five, So you know, is that near
enough what it's going to be. I suppose we'll see
what the uptake was of that.
Speaker 1 (16:23):
Were you attempted to take some of that.
Speaker 5 (16:25):
Oh, I'd only had about ten thousand left to take,
so I took that, and so I'm fully kissed out.
Now it's just under ten dollars, So I'm pretty happy
with that.
Speaker 1 (16:32):
That's pretty darn good money, though we think about even
just a couple of seasons ago. Yes, that seems a
long time ago now twenty four months, but price wise,
it's pretty done good.
Speaker 5 (16:42):
Oh yeah, if we were getting off of that in
the sheep industry, would if we get near it, you know,
he get ten dollars for a lot, we would sign
it up. We'll run out of ink and the pen.
Speaker 1 (16:51):
But it sounds as a lamb's going to stay reasonably
buoyant for the season too, Jordi, Yeah, no, it does.
Speaker 5 (16:56):
No, that sounds real positive. The only negative person I've
heard is Keith Woodford say that it's not sustainable what
it is. But I mean, at the end of the day,
we've needed these prices. And I mean I just saw
a bit of an article I never really read it
saying that that months is the new butter. All my
heart bleeds for all the stuff we've had to you know,
we need to be earning that to be making a bible.
And the sheken beef now.
Speaker 1 (17:16):
And months has always looked at. When you get the
kettle bee's back from the butcher, you've got about a
zillion months is but I know it's almost like a
trading commodity in its own right now.
Speaker 5 (17:26):
Right, yeah, it is. It is a family of three kids.
That months is always a good stable menu, really that
whether you have an archos or something else or that
certainly one would probably have once a week so we
get through this year a month.
Speaker 1 (17:39):
No, it's so versatile. Hey, we'll let you carry on.
Always appreciate your time. And here's a bit of Taylor
Swift to see out for the afternoon.
Speaker 5 (17:46):
Oh good.
Speaker 1 (17:53):
Jordy E that the river of the South which is Riverton.
This is the master on Hakanui out next from Beef
and Air, New Zealand there are Swimborne.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
The Muster Events Diary brought to you by Beef and Lamb,
New Zealand click beeflambandzed dot com.
Speaker 1 (18:18):
Sarah Swinborne is part of the Beef and Lamb's Southern
Farmer Council. She is based near Lawrence and joins us
this afternoon. Sarah, good afternoon, how have you been.
Speaker 3 (18:33):
I have been well.
Speaker 6 (18:34):
Thank you, Andy.
Speaker 3 (18:35):
It's lovely to join you on the show today.
Speaker 6 (18:37):
Thanks for having me.
Speaker 1 (18:39):
Yeah, we always appreciate catching up because the words of
wisdom you've got regarding the workshops and the likes are
very relevant. But look, we're talking about the messaging today
based on the events over the last three weeks, and
we make no apology here on the muster. It's all
about looking ahead to what's what the future holds for
you in a work frame, right, because what's happened three
(19:02):
weeks ago has happened, but life style still has to
continue on the farm.
Speaker 3 (19:07):
Absolutely, Andy, I mean once belittle what's happened. It's been
very significant damage and across wide areas of the district.
I know we've got lots of trees and lots of
fences down, some senses up where the root.
Speaker 6 (19:24):
Balls have come over. We've got sensors six feet in the.
Speaker 3 (19:26):
Air and the other side lie flat and she has
to go under one fence and over the other, and
you go, well, we'll.
Speaker 6 (19:31):
Fix that later, and it is fixable.
Speaker 3 (19:36):
Our family is okay, our buildings are okay, our.
Speaker 6 (19:39):
Machinery is okay. We are lucky.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
For those who have damaged buildings and damaged machinery, are
really really feel for them. But the trees and sensors.
Speaker 6 (19:50):
And why there's no rush, they.
Speaker 3 (19:52):
Will they will get there. I know for us at home,
we probably initially had a bit of a splurge clearing
some easy trees, and it became very apparent that we
weren't going to get through all the trees. We didn't
have the skills, we didn't have the capacity, we didn't
have the machinery. And so after four or five days,
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our focus very quickly turned back to actually what is
our priority? And first who was drenching lands and finishing sailing,
And after that it then becomes well, where are our
paddocks we need to get sewn and younger, let's clear
those and get those stockproofs. Where are our cropping paddocks? Wet,
clear those and get those stock proofs so that we
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can get crops established. We've made some decisions about what
paddocks are going to go into winter crop this year.
Some of our are going to take probably close to
a year to get back to being clear and stockproof
and getting permanent electricity running back out there.
Speaker 6 (20:51):
So the easy choices don't.
Speaker 3 (20:54):
Crop those and we've gone back to strawing boardom and
it's some different attacks. Taken the easy option and changed
our cropping rotation to the paddocks that we can cultivate
at the right time of year.
Speaker 6 (21:06):
And actually get stock.
Speaker 3 (21:07):
Out of staying calm and remembering to prioritize what's brutal
right now has been tea for us.
Speaker 1 (21:16):
Well, it seems to be the key message today. Sarah,
yourself and your husband. You've taken a step back. You
looked at the situation, situation that you've got, and you're
realizing it's a marathon, not a sprint.
Speaker 6 (21:27):
Yep. Absolutely, we've done the easy bits.
Speaker 3 (21:31):
We've got lots of big blocks and they're going to
take time, and there's any further and there's no rush.
We don't have the machinery, we don't have the skills
yet to do it, will need help. We haven't decided
what our approach is going to be, whether we harvest
them or where we just push them into a pile
(21:53):
and get rid of it. And we're working through gathering
information to be able to make the best informed decision
on that. But indications will have heard are that it's
going to take a year to clean up all the plantation.
Speaker 6 (22:08):
Blocks that are down, so there is no rush.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
It's it's mesty and it's not nice to look at,
but it's not causing us significant.
Speaker 6 (22:17):
Disruption to our business. So we're just parking that well.
Speaker 3 (22:23):
We collect our thoughts and get information to make the
best long term decision for us around those damed blocks
of trees.
Speaker 1 (22:32):
The analogy is used on the show over the last
couple of days that it's almost like eating an elephant
and not in one big spurge, but actually just taking
little bites at a time, because there's no way on
how you'll get it all done in one hit.
Speaker 3 (22:46):
No, and you'll fry yourself, as it could mentally if
you try to have it all done by next week
or whatever your time frame might be in your head.
It's unfortunately, it's going to be a long sme recovery
and I think I think the challenging part as time
wears on is going to be still looking at that
(23:08):
damage on your property, and it is going to be
a mental battle that you can't fix it straight away,
and that it is going to sit there for a
while for some people until contractors and machinery can round
to it. And that's that's going to be the hart,
that is the reminder that keeps looking at you.
Speaker 6 (23:26):
But I think we.
Speaker 3 (23:27):
Need to accept that rather than panicking, and we need
to keep ourselves safe and just take it one step
at a time.
Speaker 1 (23:36):
Sarah. Over at Lawrence or in South Otaga in particular,
it sounds as though there are areas that took on
a lot of severe damage. So the other thing is
talking to neighbors and everybody just from around the district
and realizing that you're not in this by yourself.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
One and I love this Lawrence wad a herd community
that we that we live in. Yeah, I feel really fortunate.
You know, you've seen it time and time again here
that communities pulled together and our Lines club went door
to door knock on people. People from the fire brigade
came around.
Speaker 6 (24:13):
Checking on real families. People checked from their neighbors.
Speaker 3 (24:16):
You you know, if someone had damage or was struggling
without hour, they came and stayed at someone else's place.
It's just and that still goes on.
Speaker 7 (24:25):
It.
Speaker 3 (24:26):
I mean, we've got our power back and we're functioning
more more like normal, but you will still have neighbors
that have bad days and rough days and it's being
there an't no. The day afterwards, we went tailing because
we went, oh, can't do much about it. The lands
are going to get bigger, the trees won't fall any further.
Let's go have a social day and discuss at all.
And I think that was great for everyone's mindset to
(24:48):
go tailing the next day, because well, we didn't think
there was much else we could do that was more
productive on that day. So it's really important to stay
together as communities and as neighbors and free and checking
in as the weeks in the months passed.
Speaker 1 (25:04):
So how long were you without power for?
Speaker 3 (25:06):
There we were thirteen days without power.
Speaker 1 (25:10):
Andy, that's a long time.
Speaker 6 (25:13):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (25:15):
It kind of felt pretty minor though, like there was
so much to do every day when you got up
that there wasn't really time to dwell on not having power.
Speaker 6 (25:23):
You just had to change your routine.
Speaker 3 (25:26):
You had to make sure there was always a pot
of water on the fire for doing dishes and having
a cup of tea and making sure you had lots
of pops on for bath water in the evening, and
you just cooked on the barbecue and cooked on the
fire and harried on with life. It was I don't know,
you didn't you didn't get a choice. You just had
to go with it, and it was quite an adventure.
(25:48):
You changed what you cooked and thankfully we actually enjoyed
cooking on our fire and have lots of cast iron
camp ovens, so I didn't find that too challenging not
having electricity.
Speaker 6 (25:58):
It just was what it was, and you carried on.
Speaker 1 (26:01):
As far as workshops of beef and lamb, these are
coming up surely. Now we're hearing of chainsaw workshops like
Stago Rural Support Trusts they're involved with these. I believe
there are some on the pipeline for Southland as well.
But workshops of beef and lamb, I dare say it's
a given there'll be things coming up, right.
Speaker 3 (26:19):
Yeah, Typically this is a very busy time of year
for farmers, but we have got some workshops.
Speaker 6 (26:25):
Popping up that are really topical at the moment.
Speaker 3 (26:29):
If you're wanting to upskill, So jump on the events
page and have a lot because across the region there's
feeds Smart and body condition scoring workshops coming up, there's
growing great Lambs and there is also worm wise wise
events coming up, so there's some really good opportunities to upskill,
(26:51):
broad in your knowledge, get out and do that socializing
or if you want something that's not as hard on,
you know, testing the old brain out. There's also real
writers and Surfing for farmers, so they're more around getting out,
being actives, being involved in sports. For real Writers is
mountain biking and obviously surfing for farmers has been around
(27:12):
for a while, and surfing so they are kicking off
again starting in November around the region. So have a
look at those because they're great opportunities to get out
a network and catch up with farmers and sure we are.
Speaker 1 (27:26):
Sarah Swinborne, thanks for your time on the Muster of
US afternoon, a great chat.
Speaker 3 (27:31):
Thanks Andy.
Speaker 1 (27:41):
There Sonny tour with welcome back to the Muster. Thanks
for the South and Rural Support Trust and association with
Community Trusts South. Once again we're catching up with somebody
involved in the rural sector in wake of the winds
that occurred three weeks ago, just talking about different ways
(28:01):
of looking at situations through different eyes in the Southern
Farming fraternity and with all things that associate themselves of farming.
And today we're catching up with Jillian to Hierariki. Of
course he is a district manager for Fire and Emergency
New Zealand down here in the South, just to talk
about a few reminders. Of course, there'll be a lot
of trees to be burnt shortly, fire pyramids and the likes.
(28:24):
What you need to know. Julian's going to tell us, Jillian,
welcome to the muster once again.
Speaker 7 (28:29):
Hey, great to be back any thanks for the invitation.
Always am I pleasure to jump on for a little
bit and pass on from hopefully some wisdom.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
It's always wisdom, mate, I assure you of that, especially
around the situation from a fence perspective. I suppose it's
been a pretty hectic three weeks we've seen.
Speaker 7 (28:45):
Yeah, hey, look obviously at the time of the winds
and that there was a very cruiser were busy all
over South and did an amazing job and luckily no
injuries to the public and to our people. But they
listen out of that though, what we're finding at the moment.
Obviously there's a lot of break down and there's a
lot of clean up going on and fencing and poles
of burning and at the moment, as you as you know,
where you don't know, we're's still an open fire season,
(29:07):
but where it starts changing over the next wee while
we will most likely go to restrict them. But there's
some really key things around burning those piles. And I
think one of the key things you've got to remember
is where the poles situated on your property close to hedges, trees,
you know, is it up wind of some key infrastructure.
The size of the poles is really really important to Andy.
I think you know, when they get big, they're very
(29:30):
very hard to put out. So we're really encouraging our
farmers to make sure those poles in the middle of
the paddocks they've got some means of putting them out,
or a digger that might be able to attract that
it can push them way, shall we put them out?
The key thing at the moment, Andy, I think it
also is that for our people out there checking the
weather conditions, like one day it's come beautiful day for burning,
(29:50):
and then we've got some goal force winds predicted that
next day, which stirs the fire up, starts seeing that
into other places, and then we get those escape birds,
really really important.
Speaker 1 (30:00):
As far as burning piles away from fence lines or
power lines of as such. Is there anything that needs
to be taken into account there regarding the law.
Speaker 7 (30:09):
Well, hey, listen here there is. I mean for the
burns out there. You get onto our site, our tickets
all right to light will give some of our people
out there some really good care ways of burning and
distances from hedges, power lines, all that sort of stuff.
What we don't tend to recognize too, is you've got
state highways all down through Southland and roads that often
if the wind's blown, then one way goes across, another
(30:30):
goes across the road, which is not a good signs,
particularly on State one or any of those roads. So
we got to think about those things. What is the
weather doing and where is it pushing? And have I
got a couple of days of free of winds that
I can actually safely burn without annoying everybody and worst
case scenario escape.
Speaker 1 (30:47):
Now, as far as the changes when a restricted fire
season does become into fruition.
Speaker 7 (30:52):
What happens hey look well and looks really important to
know that those decisions aren't made likely. We have even
weather stations around Southam and when the certain trigger points
get to those, we change into seasons. So it's not
something that I make Willie Milli you thinking all she's dry.
It's based on science. And of course I get in
contact with a lot of our farmers out there just
to see how things are on the ground. And what
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we'll do then is I will end up we put
as much media for us, all different platforms that will
trust the Federated Farmers and all our locals. We try
and get that as quickly as we can to them
to say it's get into restricted or prohibited five season
and really important. We do that because we have to
and it's time to be doing that.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
So you say we're getting close to a restricted season,
We're ready, Jillian, or is it too early to tell
We've already at the moment.
Speaker 7 (31:36):
The obviously just depending on part of south and you're
in obviously put different parts are a lot drier than others.
So when we get to that sort of tipping point
where we're starting to look at those season changes and
that you know, last year, for example, we didn't go
into restrict it till after Christmas. This year, they're protecting
another hot, dry summer, so it could be in it
could be in December that we go to that, just
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depending on what those triggers tell us in the condition.
Speaker 1 (31:59):
Sorry, now, regarding power lines, just to reiterate to farmers
or people or whoever regarding them, what's some key reminders
that they need to remember just in general, I suppose
given the situation that's unfolded.
Speaker 7 (32:11):
Hey, look, power lines, any fires around power lines are
not good any any way too. And it's about where
that the smoke in those the travel and those power lines.
We all know that they can they can be very
dangerous in the one condition. So it's about the safety
of all our people out there with their brain and
making sure they're just there. They're they're away from those
power lines and you know, there's not going to be
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too much of the smoke going on because remember green smoke,
which is a lot of the stuff that's come out
of the wind events all very very green and creates
a lot of smoke in a lot of issues, you know,
for people around the place. So we prefer it you're
burning the right stuff, but the breins very quickly and cleanly,
and the win green stuff that's ver very smoky.
Speaker 1 (32:54):
So you recommend people go to the Chickens all Right
website just to get a few of the finer points
they need to know.
Speaker 7 (33:00):
Absolutely, and you really encourage all our burners out there
to be a bit more vigilant on what they're doing.
I don't know how many fires we go to every
year where I didn't realize that. I didn't know that.
And some of the stuff you know, is quite basic
and we miss it because they want to get the
burns out of the way and get it done. So yeah,
and nevily it can go wrong.
Speaker 1 (33:19):
So the basic message around fire is simply prevention overcure.
Speaker 7 (33:24):
Yeah, well, yes, I mean, I'm using fire to clear
properties and things is a good thing. But we must
follow the conditions of when the permits come in of
those permits, and that's around distances and wind and all.
Speaker 5 (33:36):
That sort of side of it.
Speaker 7 (33:37):
And if we do that mostly right and we and
remember our fires can go stay on the ground for
quite some time endy. So you know, all it takes
is a pile that was two weeks ago that the
farms buried and some big high winds come up loft
the top soil of it and the she's away again.
So it's just keeping a really good vigilant eye on
your fire when you line it and potentially later on
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in extinguishing it. Probably.
Speaker 1 (34:00):
Julian to Hierarchi, District manager for fans down here in
the South, thank you very much for your time on
the Muster, and you guys have been you guys and
gals have been pretty busy lately as we our Congratulations
on all the work you've been doing and hopefully everybody
stays safe out there.
Speaker 7 (34:14):
Thanks Eddie, my pleasure.
Speaker 1 (34:18):
Julian to Hiaiki out of Fens. Of course, thanks to
South and Ural Support Trust and association with Community Trusts South,
we're bringing you these interviews over the next couple of
weeks here on the Muster. Our residence Sporting Gury Nathan
Burden is up next. Before we wrap up, time to
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catch up with our residents Sporting Gury Nathan burdon here
on the Muster. Good afternoon. Nathan Taylor Swift Shake it
Off from the album nineteen eighty nine, which was it
came out in twenty fourteen.
Speaker 8 (35:00):
It's almost a bit of a fitting thing song. I
guess as we probably we're going to have a bit
of a chat about the Scott Robertson's all Blacks because E. T. T.
Seems to have a few haters at the moment, doesn't.
Speaker 1 (35:11):
He hater's going to hate, but they just need to
shake off The Blues are playing at Twick and them
although they haven't gone too badly there over the last
couple of occasions, but this England side, we can't underestimate it.
They're always pretty handy, especially at Twickers.
Speaker 8 (35:25):
It just seems to be we're at at the moment
every game sort of feels like a banana skin game,
doesn't it. I'm still not entirely sure how we got
past Ireland, even though in the end it was reasonably
comfortable and then and then Scotland was you know, certainly
not one of it. It wasn't a dominant win. We
certainly wouldn't call it that. They got the dob done
in the end with a bit of dmac magic at
(35:47):
the death there. And then England, as you say, will
present a challenge of their own at Twickers. So I
guess we're anticipating a bit of an aerial assault from
George four and the rest of the English players to
try and see if we're good enough in the air.
Speaker 1 (36:06):
Damian McKenzie being a specialist twenty two or twenty three
coming on and just dominating the game whe he did
last week. This seems to be his niche and it's interesting.
I read an article yesterday talking about Raby's not so
much about the first forty minutes dominating, but the bench
is just as important as who's starting, which is intriguing.
Speaker 8 (36:25):
Yeah, it is intriguing. I don't know if i'd entirely agree.
I mean, I don't think you can You can't win
a game in the first twenty minutes, but I think
you can potentially lose one. I guess it is true
that the bench has, over the last X number of
years has started to play probably an almost outsized part
(36:47):
in the game, and probably the spring Box have led
the way there. You know that they've somehow been able
to develop a squad of close to fifty international standard
sort of players, and then they know they've won games
off the back of the bomb squad. And now that
I think the term gets overused now, but but it's
definitely the case in terms of the spring Box in
(37:09):
New Zealand, who were probably lamenting earlier in the year
in an ability to score points in the last twenty minutes,
you know, that's how they've got the minute to get
the job done in the last couple of teests. So
if there has been one positive from this sort of
Grand Slam tour, I put that in an inverted commerce.
I'm not sure if it is a true Grand Slam tour,
but in this Grand Slam tour then and that's that's
(37:31):
been a that's been a positive for Scott Robinson.
Speaker 1 (37:33):
It's a Grand Slam in name only because let's be honest,
playing Island in Chicago isn't effectively a neutral venue.
Speaker 8 (37:40):
Yeah, I think it's got a weesterisk over it, just
a wee one. Because of that. They they you know,
if they get the job done, they will walk away
with winds over all the all the home unions on
a Northern tour. But as you say, one of them,
one of them wasn't in Dublin, So yeah, not a
true Grand Slam for the Purists.
Speaker 4 (37:59):
Now.
Speaker 1 (38:00):
Scharlank the SriLankan cricket team, they're playing in Pakistan at
the moment, they're wanting to leave the country in fair
enough the bomb's gone off, but they're being told, hang on,
you've got to stay.
Speaker 8 (38:10):
Yeah, it seems that it's a pretty ruthless call, isn't
it by their cricket association, the Sri Lankan team, who
I think back in two thousand and nine, we're very
close to an incident like this with a with a
gunman sort of shooting up the team bus. So there's
some institutional memory, I guess, in terms of being pretty
close to this and then this horrific bombing incident that's
(38:35):
that's just happened in Pakistan. You know, at the end
of the day, there's a lot of stuff that's bigger
than cricket, and and this is a This is pretty harsh,
I guess if you put yourself in the player in
the in the shoes of a of a player that
doesn't want any part of this and just wants to
come home, and then the association is saying there will
be repercussions if you if you choose to do this.
(38:56):
So yeah, it's it's a pretty tough call.
Speaker 1 (39:00):
I think Trelacan Cricket has instructed all players, support staff
and team management to continue the tour as scheduled, saying
any player who returns to spokee the directive will be
replaced immediately to avoid disrupting the tour. If anyone does that, however,
a formal review will be conducted to assess their actions
and an appropriate decision will be made upon the conclusion
(39:23):
of the review. This is disgusting.
Speaker 8 (39:25):
Yeah, it's a bit of a bit of a warning
wrapped up in a threat to order or vice versa,
isn't it. And you know obviously that you know the show,
the show needs to go on in terms of in
terms of cricket. But year, as I say, and we
put yourself in the in the shoes of the of
the players, and you'd you'd be pretty keen to be
on the bus and on the plane home when.
Speaker 1 (39:46):
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(40:12):
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Residents Sporting Gary, Nathan Breanden Well. You always appreciate your time.
Speaker 8 (40:36):
Lovely thanks mate, good.
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